Honey Sapiens

Human Cognition and Sugars: the Ugly, the Bad and the Good

Mike McInnes
Hammersmith Books
360 pages
ISBN: 9781781612217
June 2022

The brain accounts for only 2% of body weight but consumes 20% of total body energy production. Without a sufficient energy supply we lose the ability to think clearly, react quickly or make good decisions. This book explores human energy metabolism and how this is affected negatively by refined sugars and positively by honey. In particular, the author’s more than 20 years of research into sports nutrition has shown him the central importance of the little-known enzyme glutamine synthetase and how this is degraded by refined sugars, a key factor in memory loss, dementia and neurocognitive problems in the young and old and in utero.